CVE-2026-104412CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-104412

Medium · published October 2, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so. An authenticated Editor or Super Editor can promote Author and Contributor users to Editor or Super Editor.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00192 · 8.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-02T16:17Z
References (2)
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghost-0.5.0-before-6.64.0-privilege-escalation-via-staff-role-assignment · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 02 OCT 11:37Z
    Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 Privilege Escalation via Staff Role Assignment
    cvelistv5